A PASSING HERD of camels
adds to the wear and tear
on the heavily traveled
GrandTrunk Road.
Shortly after the annual
monsoon rainssubside,
repairsalong the road
begin. Side by side, men
and women sort and crush
rock to spreadon the
road'ssurface (right). A
layer of tar is poured
manually over the gravel
and rolled.Although road
buildingand maintenance
are still largely done by
hand,India is slowly
beginningto use modem
machinery.
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National Geographic, May 1990